Dynamo electric machine



V. A FYNN.

DYNAMO ELECTRiC MACHINE.

APPLlCATION man MAY 28. 19%

1,304,958. Patented May 27, 1919.

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DYNAMO ELECTRIC MACHINE.

APPLICATION man MAY 28. 1911.

1,304,958. Patented May27,1919.

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DYNAMO ELECTRIC MACHINE.

APPLICATION FILED MAY 28. 1917.

1,304,958. 121mm May 27, 1919.

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VALERIE A. FYNN, 03 ST. LCPUIS, MISSOURI, ASSIGNUB '10 WAGIIJ'EREL'EQTRZC MANUFACTURING COMPANY, QB S1. LOUIS, MISSOURI, A CGRPORATIONOF SSOU'BI.

DYINAMO-ELECT RIC MACHINE.

v Application filed May 28, 1917.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, VALI JFE A. Ft-TNN, a subject of the King ofEngland, residing at the city of St. Louis, State of Missouri, UnitedStates of America, havefinvented a certain new and usefulDynamo-Electric Mm chine, of which the following is such a full, clear,and exact description as will enable any one skilled in the art to whichit apper tai'ns to make and use the same, reference being had to theaccompanying drawings, formpz rt of this specification.

My invention relates to neutralized series conduction motors, and itsmain object is to produce a machine of this type, the speed torquecharacteristic of which may be adjusted within the wic est possiblelimits by simply displacing the brushes coacting with the commutatorwithout thereby all'ecting the degree of neutralization of the armaturereaction and the full utilization of the motor windings in all brushpositions.

I secure these desirable results by making use of the well-known form ofmotor in which there are no defined polar projections on either statoror rotor, and in which'the windings on each member are distributcd overthe whole periphery of said member. I adapt this construction to my endsby so winding the stator and rotor as to produce the same number ofeffective ampere turns on each, whereby the resultant or motor fieldwillbe produced in part by some stator and in part by some rotor conductors,each mcm ber producing about one-half of the total mot-or field for allbrush positions within the working range. By displacing the brushes in amachine constructed in the manner dcscribcd I alter the ratio ofarmature to field turns and thereby change the speed torquecharacteristic of the machine without interfering with the full andpcrfect new tralization of the armature reaction and without diminishingor nullifying the useful action of any part of the windings by producingnegative torques and the like. This improved machine also has lessleakage than'one of ordinary design and can therefore be used to betteradvantage even with a fixed brush position.

Since it is well-known that a series conduction motor will operate onalternating as Well as on'direct current provided its field structure belaminated and will even have the same characteristics on either currentPatented May Serial No. 171,371.

throughout that range of its operation-for which its power factor, whenrun as an alter nating current motor, is unity, or very near unity, itis clear that my invention is equ'ally applicable to direct andalternating current motors. This inventioncan also be applied toalternating current or direct current gen-:- erators, when it can beused for the purpose of changing the output of the machine at a givenspeed and feeding a given consumption circuit.

My invention will be better understood by. reference to the accompanyingdrawings, in which Figures 1 and ,5 diagraimnatically represent twoforms of known two pole series conduction motors, while Figs; 2, 3, L,5, 7 and 8 are explanatory diagrams relating to these forms of motor.Fig. 9 'is adiagrammatic representation of twmpolemotor, embodying myinvention and Figs. 10, 11 and 12 are explanatory diagraiiis relatingthereto. Fig. 13 is a diagrammatic representation of the preferred formof the improved machine. I

it is known that the speed torque characteristic of, a series conductionmotor can be adjusted by changing the number of active turns in thefield winding, which necessitates the use of contacts and precludes agradual change; or by shunting the field winding or the armature and theneutralizing winding,- a proceeding which not only precludes verygradual chan es, but necessitates contacts, and is wasteful. Anotherknown method of adjusting the speed torque characteristic of such amachine is to displace the brushes.

if this he done in the case of a machine hav ing distinct polarprojections, then the neutralization of the armature reactionisjinterfered with, for as soon as the brushes are displaced from theirnormal positiom'part of the armature winding utilized to" strengthen orwcahenihc field i'nagnetization, and the armature reaction, in line withthe neutralizn'ig winding and therefore at right angles tothe motorfield, is reduccd.

Under these circumstances the armature turns magnetizing along the axisor the neutalizing winding are reduced. while the.

Similar difliculties arise when it is attem ted to displace the brushesof a neutralampere turns'produced the motor field. To

this end it was of course necessary to make the effective stator ampereturns' greater than the efi'ective rotor ampere turns. Such a'machine isdiagrammatically indicated in Fig. 1, which shows a two-pole motor comprising a stator 84 and a rotor 85. The stator is provided with 36equidistant slots, located near its inner periphery, or polar face, anddiagrammaticall represented in the figure by mean" of sma l circles,some of which are totallyfilled in while others are not. The rotor isprovided with 36 slots, located near its outer periphery, or polar face,and also diagrammatically represented by means of small circles, some ofwhich are J0 totally filled in. All of the stator and all of the rotorslots carry conductors the direction of the currentin which is shown inthe -.,drawing, it being assumed that the conduc- ,tors in the slotsindicated by totally filled in circles carry current directed downthrough the plane of the paper, while those in the slots indicated bycircles which are not filled in carry current directed up through theplane of the paper. The rotor is provided 40 with an ordinary commutedwinding connected in practice to a commutator not shown in the figureand with which cooperate the 'brus es 73, 74. In the figure thesebrushes are supposed to rest directly on the commuted Winding. Thestator ma carry any kind of evenly distributed win ing. A. conductorentering slot 1 from the front, may, for'instance, be returned to thefront through slot 36, sent back through slot 2, returned through slot35, and so on,

finally coming back to the frontthrough slot 191 The stator and rotorwindings are connected in series byway of the brushes 73, 74, as shownin the figure; the current entering 5t the stator at slot 1, leaving atthe slot 19, entering the rotor at brush 7 4, and leaving it at brush73. While the number ofslotsnn the stator and rotor is the same in Figs.1,

5 and 9, this is by no means a necessary condition. Furthermore, each ofthe slots may carry one or more conductors. In Fig. l

I p the number of conductors per slot is so chosen that there are 116evenly distributed stator ampere turns to every 100 evenly dis- 66tributed rotor ampere turns. Ampere turns rather than turns are spokenof so as to avoid all indefiniteness. Such indefinitcness could, forinstance, arise from the fact that a certain number of turns willproduce, with the same line current, more ampere turns with one style ofwinding than with another.

In order to make a neutralized series conduction motor of the machine ofFig. 1 it is necessary to so displace the rotor axis with respect to thestator axis as to fully neutralize the armature ampere turns, orspeaking more accurately to annul nearly as possible the flux producedby the armature ampere turns. To find the angle by which the brushes 73,74 should be. displaced in order to secure full neutralization of thoserotor ampere turns which do duty as armature ampere turns, it is onlynecessary to describe a circle over the vector 75, 76 of Fig. 2,representing the stator ampere turns N +1 in magnitude and direction,and to find the points of intersection between said circle and an aredescribed about the point 75 with a radius equal in magnitude to theampere turns produced by the rotor. For a counter clock displacement ofthe brush aXis the point of intersection is at 77. The vector 77,

'75 then shows the magnitude and direction of the rotor ampere turns t,and it the brushes 73 and 74 of Fig. 1 are displaced from their initialposition in a counter-clock direction through an angle u. equal to thatby which the vector 75, 77 is displaced from N-l-l then the ampereturnslt, produced by the rotor, will be equal and opposed by thecomponent N of the stator ampere turns, While another component lthereof, represented as to magnitude and direction by the vector 77, 76in Fig. 2, willproduce the motor field of the machine. In this case,Where the stator ampere turns exceed the rotor ampere turns, the formerare divided into two components, N and F. The first is coaxial with therotor ampere turns and op posed to them in direction, while the secondis at right angles to the rotor ampere turns. All the rotor conductorsdo duty as armature conductors. 'lheyeonductors contributing to thestator component N are located in the stator slots 7 and 18 and 25 to 36inclusive, and do duty as neutralizing cmiductors. The conductorsresponsible for the component I", do duty as exciting or motor fieldconductors, and are located in the stator slots 1 to 6 and 19 to 24inclusive. Each of these slots is distinguished from the remainder bymeans of an additional circle. They are located Within the angle 2inserted by the brush axis. The machine just described is a neutralizedseries conduction motor with stator excitation, r

But ithas also been proposed to so pro portion. motors of this type asto produce more ampere turns on the rotor-than on the stator. It hasbeen assumed in Fig. 5 that there ,are 116 evenly distributed rotorampere turns for every 100 evenly distributed stator ampere turns. Inorder to ascertain how the brushes in Fig. should be displaced from thatposition in which then-axis coincides with the stator axis and the twomembers produce magnetizations of opposite direction, one may proceed asindicatcd in Fig. 6. In this figure the total rotor ampere turns R-i-Fare represented as to magnitude and direction by the vector 80, 78'. Inorder to find the correct relative position of stator and rotor axes, itis only 'necessary to describe a circle over this vector represents themagnitude and direction of the stator ampere turns. In this case it isthe rotor ampere turns which are; divided into two components at rightangles to each other. The component R is equalin magni tude and opposedin direction to the stator component N. The stator slots carry nothingbut neutralizing conductors. The component R is produced by conductorslocated in the rotorslots lO to 51 and 58 to 69 inelusive. Theseconductors do duty as arma ture conductors. The other component F"produces a magnetization at right angles to the stator magnetizationand is due to the rotor conductors'located in the slots 70 to 39-and 52to 57 inclusive. Each of the slots accommodating these excitingconductors is distinguished from the remainder by means of an additionalcircle. These exciting conductors correspond to those located in thestator slots 1.to. 6 and 19 to 24 inclusive of Fig. 1. In Fig. 5 themotor field pro-- dueing conductors are located Within the angle 2*bisected, not'by thebrush axis as :in Fig. 1, but by the stator axis. Inthis case the brushes are displaced from their initial position in thesame direction and tot-he same extent as in Fig. 1. This ma chine is aneutralized series conduction motor with rotor excitatlon.

- So far nothing but stator and rotor ampere turns have been considered,.the

brushcsbeing so shifted as to oppose the ampere turns due to the rotorconductors domg duty as armature conductors, by an equal number ofstator ampere turns. But

the real objectis to produce a machine in which the magnetizationproduced by the au'iature conductors is equaled and opposed by a statormagnetization. To this end it is not suflicient to secure an equality ofamps-returns. It is also necessary that these ampere turns haveidentical space distribution.

I Reverting to the motor of Fig. l, the

shape of the magnetic field produced by all the rotor ampere turns R, iscorrectly outlined by the dotted broken line 86 of Fig. 3. In order tosimplify the drafting, this broken line is replaced by the averagingline 87, and this scheme is followed in Figs: 4, 7, 8, 11 and 1:2. forthe same reason. The equal and opposite stator ampere turns N are due tothe conductors located in the slots 7 to 18 and to 36 inclusive, and themagnetization they produce has the shape outlined by the line 88. It isat once seen that the magnetic flux 88 cannot fully neutralize themagnetic flux 87. The difference is the magnetization F, shown by theshaded area of Fig. 3, outlined by the line 98.

In the case of Fig. 5, the rotor R produces a trapezoidal magnetization,Whereas the opposing stator field N has the shape of a triangle. Hereagain the neutralization is not complete. the difference or resultantmagnetization F. being indicated by the shaded area outlined by the line97 of Fig. 7.

In Fi 1 the motor field is. due to the conductors located in the statorslots 1 to 6 and 19 to 20 inclusive, and has the shape outlined by line91 of Fig. In the case of Fig. 5, this motor field has exactly the sameshape as in Fig. l, as shown by the line 92 of Fig. 8, but is" due tothe rotor conductors located in the slots 79 to 39 and 552 to 57inclusive.

From the foregoing it isseen that the neutralization of the armaturereaction is not by any perfect, or complete, even for the best possiblebrush position in Figs. 1 and 5. Any movement of the brushes out of thisbest position in either of these figures can only make matters Worse. Inthe case of Fig. l the ratio of the armature to exciting or field ampereturns can be changed, and the speed torque characteristic of the machinealtered, either by diminishing or by increasing the angle a by which thebrushes are displaced from the stator axis. If this angle is diminished,then the field ampere turns are reduced, but the machine becomesover-neutralized. An increase of the brush displacement increases theexciting ampere turns, but decreases the neutralizing ampere turns, andthe machine becomes under-neutralized. In the case of Fig. 5 a reductionof the brush angle a. reduces the field ampere turns and increases thearmature ampere turns, and the machine becomes under-neutra1ized. At thesame time, the useful torque is diminished because of the production ofa negative torque due to the cooperation of the rotor exciting ampereturns with that flux produced by the armature ampere turns of the rotorwhich is not neutralized by the stator ampere turns. If the brushdisplacement in Fig. 5 is increased, then the machine becomesover-neutralized because of a decrease of armature ampere turns at theexpense of an increase of exciting ampere turns. The fiux due to thedifference between the neutralizing and the armature ampere turnscooperates with the rotor exciting ampere turns and adds to the torqueof the machine.

For the proportions shown in Figs. 1 and 5, the better results areobtained for a brush displacement for which the armature ampere turns onthe rotor are opposed by an equal number of stator ampere turns, or inother words, for the brush displacements shown.

4 In. Fig. 1 itis just as disadvantageous to decrease as to increasethis angle. .In Fig. 5 it is less disadvantageous to increase than todecrease it. In the case of a direct current motor these disadvantagesmainly allect the commutation, except in the ease of a decrease of theangle It of Fig. when they also atfeet the efficiency. But when themachine is operated from an alternating current supply, then thedisadvantages are more marked because of the, fact that theleakage'fiuxes are smallest for the brush positions shown in Figs. 1 and5. How commutation is affected can be seen by reference to Figs. 3, 4:,7, and 8, where the brush 73 indicates the position of the coilundergoing commutation with relation to the flux in the armature as wellas to that in the field axis.

Now in order to obviate these disadvantages I so wind a motor withoutdistinct polar projections as to make its rotor ampere turnssubstantially equal to its stator ampere turns. It is assumed that Fig.9 is wound according to this invention and that for every 116 equallydistributed stator ampere turns there are the same number of equallydistributed rotor ampere turns. Assuming the same initial brush positionin Figs. 1 and 5, in which the brush axis coincides with the stator axisand the stator produces a i'nagnetization opposed to the rotormagnetization, the question as to how these brushes are to be displacedin order to produce a neutralized series conduction motor, can obviouslynot be answered with the help ofv either of the diagrams shown in Figs.2 or 6, and which were successfully used in connection withthearrangements shown in Figs. 1 and'5. The rotor ampere turns beingequal to the stator ampere turns, the only way that neutralization of apart of the rotor or stator ampere turns can be imagined is bydecomposing each into two components at right angles to each other andso arranging matters that one rotor component shall equal and oppose onestator component. It is clear that if this condition is possible at all,it must exist for any brush angle. In Fig. 10 a brush angle a equal tothe brush angle in Figs. 1 and 5, has been chosen, and the vectors 81,82 and 82, 83, representing the stator, and rotor am.

pere turns respectively, have been shown as displaced by that angle. Ifthe stator ampere turns are to be decomposed into two components atright angles to eachother, thenthe point of intersection of thesecomponents must lie on a circle, the center of which coincides with themiddle point of the stator vector. The same obviously holds true for thevector representing the rotor ampere turns.

ingly been drawn in Fig. 10, and theyintersect at the point 96. If thestator as well as the rotor ampere turns are so de- Circles about themiddle 75 point of each of these vectors have accordcomposed that theircomponents intersect at this same point 96, then each of the statorcomponents will equal one of the rotor components in magnitude.Decomposing the vector 81, 82 into the vector 81, 96 and 96, 82, andfurther decomposing the vector 85 82, 83 into a vector 82, 96 and intothe vector 96, 83, it is seen that the rotor vector R, or 82, 96,representing the armature reaction, is equaled and opposed by the neu- 7tralizing stator vector N, or 96, 82, while 9 the remaining stator androtor vectors 81,96 and 96, 83 are not only e qnal in direction, butinmagnitude, and each eontributes one-half of the motor field F. The

rotor ampere turns are therefore madeup 9 of an armature reactioncomponent B and of a field component F/2, while the stator ampere turnsare made up of a neutralizing component N and a field component F/2.

Referring to Fig. 9, it is seen that the 6 rotor omponent R is due tothe conductors located in the slots 40 to 54 and Y58 to 72 inclusive.These are the armature conductors. The magnetization they produce is'equaled and opposed by the stator component N due to the neutralizingconductors lorated in the stator slots 4 to 185ml 22 to 36 inclusive.The resultant magnetization of the machine, or the motor field, isproduced .in part by the conductors located in 1110 the rotor slots '37to 39 and 55 to 57 inclusive and in part by conductors located in thestator slots 1 to 3 and 19 to 21 inclusive. Each of the slots carryingthese motor field or exciting conductors is distinguished from the same.The fluxes produced by these con duetors must therefore have the sameshape as is shown in Fig. 11, and it is seen that this improved motor isperfectly neutralized,

the field F,, which increases the impedance 1 30 This machine is aneutralized rotor. and

and the neutralizatingconductors is exactly of the machine when operatedfrom an alternating current circuit being absent. The shape anddistribution of the motor flux is shown in 12. What is true of the brushdisplacement angle shown in Fig. 9, is true for any brush displacement,as is clearly U seen from Fig. 10. A machine designed according to thisinvention will work as a perfectly neutralized series conduction motoron either alternating or direct current, for any brush position'exceptfor such as cause i the stator and rotor axes to coincide. Starting froma position in which the axes of the two members coincide whiletheirmagnetizations oppose each other, the direction of rotation of the motorwill be determined by the direction in which the brushes are displaced.It will. have a different speed torque characteristic for each brushposition, and in each brush position the armature ampere turns will beperfectly neutraliz ed and all the conductors on the stator and rotorwill be fully active. -.In addition tofthis the leakage conditions willbe the same for all brush displacements, and the leakage fields willalways be very much smaller in this improved motor than in the machineshown in Figs. 1 and 5, the leakage around the motor fields or excitingconductors in particular being very much reduced. f In order to obtainthe best results with the style of commuted winding usually employed itis necessary to take into account the coils undergoing commutation whenfiguring the rotor ampere turns. In other .words, it is necessary tomake the efl'ective rotor ampere turns equal to the efi'ective statorampere turns. As the brushes pass 'oy'er the commutator they necessarilybridge at least two segments during the greater part of each revolution.If the brush width is, equal to the segment widti, then in somepositions of any one brush relatively to the commutator'no coils will beshort circuited I said brush, while in all the others the Qbrush willshort circuit one or more coils according to the style of winding used.If the brush is wider thanone commutator seg ment but does not exceedthe width of two, then in some positions this brush will bridge twocommutator segments, and in others it {will bridge three se meutsshort-circuiting a zflb'lresponding nuin er of coils. The total rotorampere turns should therefore be in excess of the total stator ampereturns by [an vamount dependin on the width, number and position of therushes, the number of Qturhs per coil of the rotor winding and the styleof the winding, so that the effective ,fi'otor ampere turns may be asnearly equal ,as. possible to the effective stator ampere Qturns. Incase the width of a brush equals the width of two segments, the minimumnumber of coils under oing commutation is 65 short-circuited by saibrush during a period of time proportional to three times the width ofthe insulation between segments. The maximum number of coils undergoingcommutation is short-circuited by said brush during a period of timeproportional to the width of a segment less twice the width of theinsulation between segments. Since the width of the insulation betweensegments is only a fraction of the width of a segment, the maximumnumber of coils will be short circuited for the longer period,and it ispreferred, when dimensioning therotor winding, to take into account themaximum number of coils undergoing commutation. In other words, acondition of substantial equality between the effective rotor and statorampere turns will be reached when the windings on the two members are soproportioned that the current conducted through the stator windingproduces the same number of ampere turns as the total rotor ampere turnsless those statically or dynamically induced in the rotor. Thestatically or dynamically induced rotor ampere turns may be rei'erred toas commutation ampere turns and should be kept as low as possible, forthey increase the losses and magnetize along the armature as well asalong the exciting or field axis.

in Fig. 13 is shown the preferred form of this improved motor. Itcomprises a stator 84 carrying a distributed winding 100, and a rotor 85carrving the two commuted windings 101 an 102, the coils or elements ofwhich are connected to alternate segments of the commutator 99. Thebrushes 3, 7 4, cooperating with the commutator 99, have a width equrl'to that of one commutator segment. Such dual windings have beenproposed heretofore, but for the purpose of eliminating sparking byavoiding the short-circuiting of any element of either commuted winding.While the short circuiting of such elements is avoided, yet

sparking is not suppressed, because the brushes connect one winding tothe other at two or more points and thus create a closed circuit. Inthis case I make use of this dual winding for the purpose of keeping theeffective rotor ampere turns more constant than is the case when anordinary-- commuted winding is used. In the case, of but one winding onthe rotor the disturbance created by the coils undergoing commutationfluctuates and the current circulating in these coils often reaches veryhigh values because of the low resistance of the circuit through whichit closes. In the case of the two windings shown in Fig. 13, any currentflowing from one winding to the other, when the two are interconnectedby the brushes, will, for otherwise equal conditions, be very muchsmaller because of the Very much greater resistance of the circuit, andpractically'all of the ampere turns this current produces in onerotor-winding are neutralized by the ampere turns it produces in theother rotor winding. The resultant is usually so small as to benegligible, and no allowance need be made for coils undergoingcommutation when two rotor windings are used, unless the width of abrush exceeds the width of a segment. It is true that in the arrangementshown in Fig. 13, the ohmic resistance of the armature or rotor isconstantly changing, but, since the armature is connected in series withthe stator, any effect that this change may have on the current taken bythe motor will be felt in the stator as well as in the rotor, and

i the neutralization of the armature reaction will not suffer for thatreason. The brushes 73, 74 are insulatingly supported by a brush rocker103, provided with a suitable handle which allows the speed torquecharacteristic of the machine to be changed within the widest possiblelimits by simply movin the brushes.

. In ig. 13 no attempt has been made to show the correct number of turnson rotor and stator, and while Gramme ring windings are very convenientfor the purpose of illustration, yet they would not be used in practice.Assuming the stator to be wound as is usual in such cases, and ashesbeen, for instance, described in connection with Fig. 1, and the rotorto be provided with two independent windings, then for every 100 statorturns of the two-pole motor shown in Fig. 13, the rotor would have to beprovided with 400 turns, irrespective of the style of winding used. Inthe case of a six-pole machine provided with two inde endent windingssuch as 101 and 102 o the multiple single type, the rotor would have tocarry 12 turns to every one turn of the stator. If in this six-polemotor each of the independent .windings were to be changed to atwo-circuit single winding, then the rotor would have to carry fourturns for every one stator turn.

Because of the perfect neutralization for every brush position of thisimproved motor, and of the consequent absence of all resultant fluxes inthe armature axis and also power factor equal to or near unity. mustwinding through be designed with few-- exciting and many armature ampereturns, this ratio varying within wide limits. For low periodiclties, inthe neighborhood of cycles, a ratio of 1:2 is usually highlysatisfactory. For higher periodicities, such as 100, a ratio of 1:7 willgive better results- Furthermore, it is easier to reach power factorvalues near unity at speeds above the synchronous. A

motor which will operate within a certain speed range from an alternatincurrent circuit of a given periodicity an voltage, with a power factornear unity, will show substantially the same characteristics within thatrange when operated from a directcurrent circuit of equal voltage.

Havin fully described my invention, what I c aim as new and desire tosecure by Letters Patent'of the United States is:

1. In a dynamo electric machine, the combination of a stator withoutdefined polar projections and provided with a winding the activeconductors of which are evenly distributed over the entire olar face ofthe sta tor, and a rotor provi ed-with a winding having its'aetiveconductors distributed in a manner analogous to the distribution of thestator conductors, said rotor winding being connected in series relationwith the stator winding to produce a magnetization axially displacedfrom the stator magnetization and said winding being so proportionedthat the current conducted through "the rotor winding producessubstantially the same number of ampere turns as the current conductedthrough the stator winding.

2. bination of a stator without defined polar projections and providedwith a winding the activ conductors of which are evenly distributed overthe entire polar face of the stator, and a rotor provided with a wihdinghaving'its actiye conductors distributed in a manner analogous to thedistribution of the stator conductors, said rotor winding beingconnected in series with the stator winding to produce a magnetizationaxially displaced from the stator magnetization and said winding beingpro rtioned to produce the same number 0 ed ctive ampere turnsas thestator winding.

3. In a dynamo electric machine, the combination of a stator and a rotorhaving their windings connected in series to produce displacedmagnetizations and ropprtioned and positioned to roduce a suhstantiatlly, ual number of e ective "ampere turns ha iigr. analogousspace distribution.

' 4. In a dynamo electric machine, a stator provided with'awindingdistributed over its Zentii-e polar face, a rotor provided withacommuted winding and brushes. said winding being connected in serieswitlr the statorsaid brushes to. produce a n: a dynamo electric machine,the com- 4 its magnetization displaced from that of the stator winding,said rotor and stator Windings being positioned and proportioned toproduce a substantially equal number of effective ampere turns havinganalogous space distribution, and means for shifting the brushes.

5. In a dynamo electric machine, the combination of a stator andvarotor, a commuted winding and brushes on the rotor, a winding on thestator connected in series with the commuted winding to produce amagnetization displaced from that produced by the commuted winding andso proportioned that the ampere turns produced by the stator winding areequal to the ampere turns produced by the portions of the rotor windingnot short-circuited by the brushes.

6. In a dynamo electric machine, the combination of a stator and arotor, a comtributed winding, a rotor provided with two windings and acommutator and brushes cooperating therewith, the conductors of eachrotor winding being connected to alternate segments of the commutator,and means connecting the stator winding to the brushes, the proportionsof the rotor and stator windings -being such that the current conductedthrough the rotor by way of the brushes pro duces substantially the samenumber of ampere turns as the current conducted through the statorwinding, and the brushes being so positioned that the axis of the rotormagnetization is displaced from the axis 01' the stator magnetization.

8. In a dynamo electric machine, the combination of a stator providedwith a' dis tributed winding, a rotor provided with two windings and acommutator and brushes cooperating therewith, the width of any brush notexceeding the width of any commutator segment and the coils of eachrotor winding being connected to alternate segments of the commutator,and means connecting the stator winding in series relation with therotor windings through the brushes, the proportions of the rotor andstator windings being such that the number of ampere turns produced bythe stator is e ual to the number of ampere turns produced y the rotor,and the brushes being so positioned that the axis of the rotormagnetization is displaced from the axis of the stator magnetization.

, 9. In a dynamo electric machine, the combination of arotor providedwith a commuted winding andbrushes cooperating therewith, a statorhaving its windin connected in series with the rotor winding trough saidbrushes, the stator and rotor windings being so proportioned anddistributed that they produce equal and opposed magnetizations along anaxis displaced from the brush axis for any position of the brushes inwhich the brush axis does not coincide with the stator axis.

10. In adynamo electric machine the combination of a rotor provided witacommuted winding and brushes cooperating therewith, a stator having itswindings connected in series with the I rotor winding through saidbrushes, the stator and rotor windings being so proportioned" anddistributed that they produce ,equal and opposed magnetizations alongone axis and magnetizations of the same direction along another axis forany position of the brushes in which the brush axis does not coincidewith the stator axis.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed my seal.

VALERE A, FYNN. [Ls]

